Combined newspaper stand and file



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W. E. BAILEY.

COMBINED NEWSPAPER STAND AND FILE.

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XVILLIAM 'ELMER BAILEY, OF SHREYVSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED NEWSPAPER STAND AND FILE,

Application filed August 25, 1885. Serial No. 175,295.

zJEFEGATlEQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,208, dated May 4,1886.

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To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, WILLIAM ELMER BAI- LEY, of Shrewsbury, in the countyof York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined Newspaper Stands and Files, of which thefollowingisa full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of one of my combined newspaper stands andfiles, illustrating its use, part of the newspaper being broken away.Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the linea; m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same, taken throughthe line y y, Fig. 2.

The object of this invention is to provide combined newspaper stands andfiles constructed in such a manner that the newspapers will be securelyheld and can be conveniently read, and which can be readily adjusted andmoved from place to place.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts of the stand and file, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then claimed.

A is a tubular post, attached at its lower end to a base-plate, B, whichis provided with feet 0. The parts A B 0 form a pedestal, and within thetubular post A is placedarod, D, which slides up and down, and issecured in place by a set-screw, E, passingin through the side of theupper part of the said post, and resting against the side of the saidrod D, as shown in Fig. 2.

The upper end of the rod D is slotted to re ceive the semicircular lugF, formed upon or attached to the bar or plate G, secured to he centerbar of the frame H.

The slotted upper end of the rod D and the lug F are perforated, toreceive the clamping-screw l, by which the parts of the said slotted endof the rod D can be drawn against the opposite sides of the lug F withsufficient force to hold the frame H in any position into which it maybe adjusted, and at the same time allow the said frame to be readilymoved to give it a greater or less in clination.

The frame H is formed of three longitudinal bars and three transversebars, framed together so that the front and rear sides of the said barswill be flush, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The frame H, at each side edge,is provided with an extension-frame, J,formed by attaching longitudinal bars to the forward sides of shorttransverse bars J, so that the forward sides of the said side bars willbe flush with the front of. the frame H. The transverse bars of theextension-frames J pass through and slide in keepers K, attached to therear sides of the side bars of the said frame H,and have'keepers Lattached to their ends, which pass around and slide upon the transversebars of the frame H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that the file can beextended or contracted, as the size of the newspaper to be held mayrequire.

M are crank-screws, the screws of which are inserted in screw-holes inthe upper and lower parts of the central longitudinal bar of the frameH. The cranks of the crank-screws M are made with sharp ends, topenetrate the papers easily, and with rounded angles, so that the saidpapers can be readily slipped upon and off the said cranks, as may berequired.

N is abar to secure the newspapers in place upon the frame H, and whichhas grooves 0 formed in it,to receive the cranks of the crankscrews M.The grooves O are covered with metal plates P, which have short slotsformed through their lower parts for the passage of the cranks of thecrank-screws M, as shown in Fig. 2.

In using the stand and file the extension frames J are adjusted as thesize of the news paper to be filed may require. The crankscrews M areadjusted to the thickness of the papers to be filed, and their cranksare turned upward. The paper to be filed is then placed upon the pointsof the cranks of the crankscrews M and is slipped down over the anglesof the said cranks, and the bar Nis placed on the said cranks and drawndown, so that the crank-arms will pass in beneath the plates I, and willhold the said bar N securely in place, clamping the newspaper to theframe H.

\Vith this construction the frame H and its attached newspaper can bereadily raised or lowered and adjusted at any desired inclina- ICC tion,as the convenience of the reader may require.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A combined newspaper stand and file constructedsubstantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of thepedestal A B O, the adjustable rod D, placed in the said pedestal, theadjustable frame H, hinged to the said rod, and the crank-screws M andgrooved bar N, for securing the newspapers in a place, as set forth.

2. In a combined newspaper stand and file, the combination, with theframe H, of the crank-screws M and the bar N, having grooves O, andslotted plates P, substantially as l1ere= WILLIAM ELMER BAILEY.

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